Basket attachment



June 15, 1937. I. s. BEACH El AL BASKET ATTACHMENT Filed April 17, 1956INVENTURS.

W *5. W Y Mm/(17% ATTORNEY Patented June 15, 1937' .U NETED STATESBASKET ATTACHMENT Irl S. Beach, Arkansas City, and Jessie G. Smith,Winfield, Kans.

Application April 17,

4 Claims.

Our invention relates to improvements in basket attachments.

One of the'objects of our invention is to provide a novel basketstructure of channel shape having means for attachment to a support,such as an ironing board or table top, and adapted to receive dependingportions of goods, such as sheets or garments, which at the time arebeing ironed or otherwise manipulated on the support. A further objectof our invention is to provide a novel basket attachment which issimple, strong, cheap, durable, notlikely to get out of order, and whichmay be easily and quickly applied to or removed from its operativeposition.

The novel features of our invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates the preferred embodimentof our invention,

Fig. l is a perspective view of the basket de- 20 tached from itssupport.

Fig. 2 is an end view of two of the improved baskets shown attached to asupport respectively adjacent to opposite edges thereof, the supportbeing shown partly broken away and in vertical 25 section.

Fig. 3 is 'a front elevation partly broken away of one of the basketsshown attached to a support which is partly broken away and in verticalsection.

Similar characters of reference designate similar parts in the differentviews.

The basket structure, which, as shown, is composed of wire comprises thefollowing described parts. A wire member has two U shaped por- 35 tionsI at opposite ends of the structure, the upper ends of said portionsbeing connected by a longitudinal portion 2.

The upper portions of the U shaped portions l extend upwardly andrearwardly and then for- 40 wardly to form return bend portions 3 whichterminate in end portions 4 which are longitudinally alined with eachother and are respectively disposed in two holes of suitable supportingmeans, which, as shown consist in two screw eyes 5 which 45 are screwedinto the under side of the support 6, which may be a table top or anironing board, the screw eyes being disposed adjacent to one edge of thesupport 6. The eyes of the screw 5 are longitudinally alined. The upperportions of 50 the rear arms of the U shaped portions l are resilientand are adapted to be moved toward and from each other, to enable theend portions 4 being sprung out of or into the eyes of the screw eyes 5,for the removal or insertion of the 55 basket.

1936, Serial No. 74,941

The return bend portions 3 extend rearwardly beyond the end portions 4,and are adapted to bear against the under side of the support 6 to l mitthe downward tilting of the basket structure.

l designates a longitudinal wire member having at its ends twolongitudinal loops 8 through which the upper portions of the rear armsof the U shaped portions I respectively extend and are movablelongitudinally of the loops 8.

E! designates a plurality of U shaped wire members disposed intermediateof and parallel with the U shaped portions l, and which have the upperends of their front and rear arms respectively attached to thelongitudinal portion 2 and to the longitudinal member 1, therebysupporting the latter.

i9 designates two longitudinal wire members, one having its endsattached to the front arms of the portions l and members 9, the otherhaving its ends attached to the rear arms of the portions l and themembers 9.

i i designates a longitudinal wire member having its ends attached tothe bottom portions of theportions l. The members It] and II also,preferably, are attached to the members 9 in any suitable manner, as bysoldering, galvanizing or dipping in molten metal.

The basket structure just described forms a channel shaped structureadapted to receive depending portions of sheets, or garments that arebeing ironed, or otherwise treated, on the support 6, thereby keepingsuch depending portions from reaching the fioor.

As shown in Fig. 2, two pairs of screw eyes 5 are attached to the underside of the support 6 respectively adjacent to opposite edges of thesupport, and two baskets may be respectively supported by said pairs ofscrew eyes.

The screw eyes 5 are disposed sufficiently adjacent to the edge of thesupport 6, that the channel of the basket will be mostly at the outerside of the vertical plane of such edge, as is shown in Fig. 2.

To remove the basket from the support the upper portions of the reararmsof the portions i are sprung toward each other sufficiently towithdraw the end portions 4 from the screw eyes 5. To replace thebasket, the rear arms of the portions i aresprung toward each other andthen permitted to enter the eyes respectively of the screw eyes 5, thereturn bend portions 3 being disposed against the under side of thesupport 6, thus limiting the downwardly swinging of the basketstructure.

Many modifications of our invention, within the scope of the appendedclaims, may be made without departing from the spirit of our invention.

'What we claim is:-- I 1. In a basket attachment, a channel shapedstructure adapted to receive goods. depending 'from a support andcomprising a member having two U shaped portions and a longitudinalportion connected to the upper ends of the front arms of .said U shapedportions the upper portions of the rear arms of said U shaped portionshaving means adapted for engagement with and to be supported by suitablesupporting means under said support, said upper portions being resilientand movable toward and from eachothe'r for engagement with anddetachment from said supporting means, and meanssupported by said memberand including a longitudinal member having at its ends respectivelylongitudinal loops through which said upper portions, respectivelyextend.

2; In a basket attachment, channel'shaped portions respectively extendand movable length- 7 wiseoi said loops tor engagement and disengage-.

,ment, irom said support; and a U shaped member intermediate of andparallel with said two U shaped portions and having the upper ends ofits front arms attached to and supported by said longitudinal portion,and having the upper ends of its rear arms attached to and supportingsaid longitudinal member.

3. In a basket attachment, the combination with supporting meansprovided with two eyes and adapted to be attached to the under sideof asupport, of a channel shaped structure adapted to receive goodsdepending from said support and comprising a member having ,two U shapedportions and a longitudinal portion connecting the upper ends of thefront arms of said U'shaped portions, the upper portions of the reararms of said U shaped portions having their ends longitudinally alinedwith each other and movable toward and from each other out of and'intothe eyes respectively'of said suporting means in which said'ends arerespectively supported, said upper portions extending rearwardly beyondsaid eyes and adapted to engage the under side of said support forlimiting the downward tilting of said structure, and means supported bysaid member and including a longitudinal member having loops at its endsthrough which said upper portions extend and are movable lengthwise ofsaid loops. V

4. In a basket attachment, the combination with a support, of basketsupporting: means attached thereto, and a basket,fsaid basket com:'

prising channel shaped structure adapted to receive goods depending fromsaid support and comprising a member having two U shaped portions and alongitudinal portion connected to the upper ends of the front arms ofsaid U shaped portions, the upper portions of the rear-arms of said Ushaped portions being resilient and movable toward and from each otherand having their ends engaging and supp'ortedby said supporting meansand adapted to be sprung into and out of engagement with said supportingmeans, said upper portions extending rearwardly beyond their endsand-bearing against the under side of said support for limiting thedownward tilting of said structure'a longitudinal member having at itsends respectively two loops through whichlsaid I upper'portionsrespectively extend and are movable lengthwise of said loops, andra Ushaped member intermediate of said U shaped portions and paralleltherewith'and having the upper ends of its arms attached respectively tosaidlongitudinal portion and to said longitudinal member,

7 IRL S. BEACH.

JESSIE G. SMITH;

